Sausage linking and twisting device



June 19, 1923.

F. KRUSE SAUSAGE LINKING AND TWISTING DEVICE 4 Shets-Sheet 1 Filedjune 22 1921 1 NV EN TOR.

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' F. KRUSE SAUSAGE LINKING AND TWISTING DEVICE Filed June 22 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 57-46mm! X41458 INVENTOR.

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F. KRUSE SAUSAGE LINKING AND TWISTING DEVICE Filed June 22 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 mam M a m w n INVENTOR.

A TTORNEKS Patented June 19, 1923.

UNITED STATES 1,459,063 PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed June 22, 921- Serial No. 419,401.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that- I, FERDINAND KRUSE, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of Port Richmond, Staten Island, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sausage Linking and Twisting Devices, of which the fol owing is a specification. a

. This invention relates generally. to the manufacture of sausages, having moreparticular reference to a machine or forming the individual lengths or links of sausages, the present invention being an improvement over a revious one on which I have filed a plication for Letters Patent under Ser.

0. 46187 9. The resent invention has for itsobject to provide an improved arrangement of the forming devices which will allow of the completed strin of sausages being readily removed from t e machine in acompact arrangement best adapted for placing in the usual smoke houses.

Other objects relate more specifically to the arrangement of the twisting means, and to the provision of adjustable end formers to facilitate removal of the string of sau- For further comprehension of the inven tion, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in wh ch the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawm is a plan view of a sausage forming mac ine constructed according to the invention, showing the upper forming members thrown back.

Fi 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, t is being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section showin the twisting means, this view being ta en along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the machine. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal section taken along the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic section on the same line as Fig. 5 but showing the upper formers just about to engage and pinch the sausage.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the parts as shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a detail side view'of the means for ad usting the lower end formers for removal of the completed string of sausages.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view of the 12110111118 taken along the line 99 of ig. 10 is a similar view to Fig. 3 but showing a modified arrangement of the tw sting means.

Fig. 11 is a plan view showing the main rollers of this modification, and the means for driving same. I

Fig. 12 is a detail sectional perspective view of the stick used in hanging the sausa s in the smoke house.

ig. 13 is an elevation of the stick with i the sausages suspended therefrom.

In the machine as here shown a series of lower, or stationary, and u per, or movable, former elements are provi ed and are so ar ran d that the stufi'ed casing may be threaded ack and forth in a continuous len liover the stationary former elements, t is particular arrangement of the formers constituting the main features of difference between the present machine and the one disclosed in my revious application above referred to, alt ough there are various additionalspecific features of novelty in the present machine.

Referring now to the drawings, the machine as here' embodied comprises a frame consisting of the transverse bars 10 united by the longitudinal rods '11 this frame being here shown as supported on legs 12 secured at their upper ends to the transverse bars 10. Extending upwardly from opposite ends of the bars '10 are short standards 13 which serve to support the lower former elements.

These lower former elements comprise the transverse blades 18 which are spaced apart the proper distance and are mounted between and fixed to the standards tween which and the blades 18 the blades 22' engage as clearly shown in 'Fi 5.

The downward movement of the bla es 22 may belimited by'straps 26. p

As reviously stated, the stufiedcasing is threa ed back and forth over the former elements provision being made for the pinching of the casing at the points where it is reversed. For this purpose a series of lower 'former elements are arranged at each end of the machine, being staggered transversely of the machine with respect to the V shaped recess ornotches 21.1 These former elements are sup orted by the standards 13 and comprise p ates 30 fixed at one corner to rock shafts 31 suitably journaled in these standards these plates having V-notches 32 of similar shape to the notches 21, out there'- in. (lo-operating with these former plates 30 are upper former members comprising fiat fingers 34 which are fixed to arms 35 pivoted on the rod 19 at one end and fixed to the rod 23 at their opposite ends similarly to the blades 22, these arms moving in umson with the blades 22 as will be apparent. When the upper formers are swung downward the fingers 34 pass downward adjacent the plate 30 and in registry with the slots 32 therein.

The plates 30 are adapted to be swung to the POSltl'OIl shown' in dot and dash lines in Fig. 8 to facilitate withdrawal of the necks of the sausage fromthe notches .32, and for this purpose I have shown a pair of arms 40 fixed to the ends of the shafts 31 and extending toward one another. These arms 40 PI'OJGCt, at their adjacent ends, into opposite ends of a sleeve handle 42-being connected to the latter by means of pins 43 fixed in the handle and passing through slots 44 in the ends of the arms. A coiled expansion spring 45 is located in the sleeve 42 and bears agalnst the .endsof the arms 40, this spring acting to hold the 'lates 30, in either position, and being of su cient strength to resist the downward pressure of the fingers 34.

The individual )lengths or links of sau-' sage are also preferably given a relative twisting movement by the machine. To this end a series of belts 47 are provided and are passed over suitable guide elementsto be caused to engage the sausages on opposite sides thereof. guiding means for each of these belts comprises a pair of main rollers 48 and 49 arranged on op site sides of the machine, these 'rollers 1 ing .rotatably..mounted on rods 50 extending ongiitudinally of the ma- The supporting and.

chine and nt-.15 by the fre bars 10. Fixed 'co-axialy to the rollers 48 arebevel gears 51 meshing with like gears 52 loose on pintles on the ends of certain of the intermediate frame bars 10 which are shortened for thls purpose. These latter gears 52 have fixed'thereto other bevel gears 53 meshing with likegears 54 on a shaft 55 suitably journaled in the frame bars 10 and having a crank handle 56, on one end for rotation. Suitably journaled in the frame bars 10, between the rollers'48 and 49 is a series of smaller rollers'58, while a second serles of rollers 59 is arranged above, and m staggered relation to these rollers, the rollers .59 being supported by arms 60 rojectmg up from the frame bars 10. The

Its 47 are led in vertical reaches between these upper and lower rollers and en age the sausage on opposite sides thereof. he drive rollers 48 have pins 61 fixed in per1pher1es and engaging in holes 62 in the belts to prevent slipping of the latter.

In forming the sausages, the stufled; casing is lald in the notches 21, 32, being threaded back and forth as shown in Fig. 1, the machine being here shown as arranged to divide each reach into four links, this arrangement being preferable for hanging the sausa es in the smoke house, althou h I do not limit myself thereto. Likewise t e number of reaches which can be accommodated transversely of the machine can be varied as desired. The links of sausage are indicated at L in the drawings.

The movable former elements 22 are then swung downwardly, compressing the sausage into the apices of the notches 21, 32 and pinchin the same into necks separating individual links. The crank handle 56 is then rotated, driving the belts 47 and the sausages are to be removed from the machine.

lifted from the machine by the stick 65,

hangin down on opposite sides thereof as shown in Fig. 13, and transferred to the smoke house. The present arrangement, it will be noted, allows of the formation of a large number of sausages-from a single unbroken casing.

In Figs. 10 and 11 Ikhave shown amodinae fied arrangement of the drive belts in which a series of drive rollers 70 are arranged under the small rollers 58, being fixed on shafts 71 supported in the frame bars 10 and driven by s iral gears 72 on the ends thereof engaged by like .gears 73 on a countershaft 7 4.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Let- 1ters Patent of the United States is as folows:

1. In a sausag linkin and twistin machine, a plurality of en ess twisting lts, intermediate former elements arranged between said belts, and end former e ements arranged transversely to said intermediate former elements.

2. In a sausagetwistin machine, a plurality of endless twisting elts intermedlate former elements each having a plurality of V shaped recesses therein arranged between said twisting belts and end former elements arranged transversel of said intermediate former elements and 1n staggered relation to said V shaped notches.

3. In a sausage forming machine a series I of former elements adapted to have a single length of sausage threaded back and forth in op osite directions thereover, certain of said ormerelements being adapted to engage and contract the sausage directly at the points where the latter is reversed- 4. In a sausage forming machine, end and intermediate former elements, the end elements being arranged transversely! to the intermediate elements.

5. In a sausage linkin and twisting machine, a plurality of en ess belts arranged to form a plurality of spaced vertical reaches between which the sausage casin are adapted to be received and interme iate former elements mounted between said belts, said former element being provided with a plurality of V shaped recesses in ali ment with the s aces between said vertica reaches."

6. In a sausage forming machine, a series of -former elements adapted to have a single length of sausage threaded back and forth in opposite directions thereover, and traveling belts adapted to engage the sausage on opposite sides thereof, said belts presenting vertical reaches between which the sausage extends.

7. In a sausage forming machine, end and intermediate former e ements presenting V-shapednotches, the end elements being arranged transversely to the intermediate elements, and means for rocking said end elements to incline the notches therein toward the intermediate elements.

8. In a sausa forming machine, a frame,

.a pair of rods in said frame, former blades supported at their ends on said rods, and

intermediate former elements presenting V- shaped notches, the end elements comprising plates arranged transversely to the intermediate elements, rock shafts on which said plates are fixed, arms fixed to said rock shafts and extending toward one another, a sleeve handle with which the adjacent ends of the said arms slidably engage, and a spring in said handle bearing on the ends of sad arms.

10. In a sausage forming machine, end and intermediate former elements, the end elements being arranged transversely to the intermediate elements, and belts presenting vertical reaches adapted to engage the sausa e on opposite sides'thereof.

11. n a sausage forming machine, a lurality of parallel endless belts arrange to form substantially vertical reaches, former elements arran ed between said belts, and means fordrivmg the alternate belts in opposite directions.

12. In a sausage forming machine, a plurality of endless belts arranged to form a plurality of substantially vertical reaches, said reaches spaced apart whereby a sausage casing is adapted to be received between said reaches, and means for driving the opposed reaches in opposite directions.

13. In a sausage forming machine, a plurality of endless belts arranged to form a plurality of substantially vertical reaches, said reaches spaced apart whereby a sausa e casing is adapted to be received between said reaches, means for driving the opposed reaches in opposite directions and former elements between said belts.

14. In a sausage forming machine, a plurality of endless belts, means for driving said belts in opposite directions, intermediate former elements arranged between said belts, end" former elements arranged transversely to said intermediate former elements.

15. In a sausa e forming machine, a frame, a plurality of irmer elements mounted at spaced intervals upon said frame, a plurality of endless belts mounted in each of the s aces between said former elements except .m one of the s aces; adjacent the central part of the mac 'ne which space is left free to provide a space for a smoke stick, said belts arranged to form a pluralit of spaced vertical reaches and means to rive ad'aeent belts in o ite directions.

. igned at New ork in the county of -New York and State of New York this 10th day of' .June A. D. 1921.

" FERDINAND KRUSE. 

